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location: uae & Middle-east30th Dec
Depa Jv Wins 2nd Dubai Metro Contract For $66m
Lindner Depa Interiors, a joint venture of Depa Limited, the leading interior contracting company, has won a second Dubai Metro contract worth Dh245 million ($66.7 million) for the fit-out of 11 Green Line stations.

The project has an expected completion date in the fourth quarter of 2010. This is the joint venture’s second Metro contract win, having been awarded the works for the complete fit-out of 13 of the Red Line...
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location: uae & Middle-east28th Dec
Rail Link Between Baghdad And Basra Busy With Trains
Iraq is using its old rail network for both passenger and freight purposes, particularly the line linking Baghdad to Basra, an official statement said.

The statement, issued by the government-owned Railway Department, said two passenger trains leave everyday in return trips between the two cities.

It takes up to 10 hours to cover the distance of about 600 kilometers between Baghdad and Basra but many passengers...
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location: uae & Middle-east24th Dec
Turkey To Spend Usd 3.5 Billion For Railway Projects In 2010
Turkey aims to focus on high-speed train service in 2010 and plans to invest around 3.5 billion USD next year to improve country's railroad network, head of Turkish State Railways, or TCDD, said on Wednesday.

"Our projects planned for 2010 are worth 3.5 billion USD," Süleyman Karaman said.

In March 2009, Turkey launched country's first high-speed train service between the Turkish capital...
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location: uae & Middle-east23rd Dec
Third Railway Gate Between Turkey-syria Opens
The third railway gate between Turkey and Syria opened in Elbeyli town of the southeastern province of Kilis on Tuesday.

Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim and his Syrian counterpart Yarub Sulayman Badr inaugurated the Cobanbey Railway Border Pass.

"We have come one more step closer to Hejaz railway with inauguration of this border pass," Yildirim said during the inauguration ceremony.
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location: uae & Middle-east22nd Dec
Work On Armenia-iran Railway To Begin In April
YEREVAN (News.az)—Armenia is set to begin work, early-next year, on a large-scale project aimed at connecting Armenia and Iran through a north-south railway, according to Armenia’s Transport and Communications Minister Gurgen Sargsyan.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Sargsyan said, the first phase of the project will be a feasibility study, scheduled to begin in April 2010.

“An...
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location: uae & Middle-east17th Dec
Metro Green Line Stations 50-80pc Complete
DUBAI - An additional metro line will open as early as the second half of next year, transport bosses have said.

Stations on the new Green Line are now 50 to 80 per cent complete, said Mattar Al Tayer, Executive Director of the Roads and Transport AuthorityRoads and Transport Authority.

The 22.5km line, which will run parallel to the creek from Al Qusais to Al Jaddaf, will have 18 stations - including two which...
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location: uae & Middle-east8th Dec
Qatars $23b Rail Project To Be Completed In 2026
DOHA - Qatar aims to have most of a 17 billion euro ($22.79 billion) rail project with Deutsche Bahn built by 2022, officials said recently after signing one of the biggest-ever foreign deals for German industry.

The whole project - which includes freight and passenger trains and a metro - is expected to be completed in 2026. But a major portion of the work will be completed by 2022, when Qatar hopes to host the FIFA World...
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location: uae & Middle-east7th Dec
Syrian-italian Study On Developing Railway Network
Damascus - A study on developing Damascus-Aleppo railway was discussed by Ministry of Transportation and Italian Italferr Company.

The study aims at increasing the trains' speed in order to reach 155km per hour and improving the railway safety

Minister of Transport Yarob Badr inspected with a delegation from the company the procedures needed to complete the feasibility study of the project.
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location: uae & Middle-east28th Nov
Hm King Mohammed Vi Inaugurates Fez New Railway Station
Fez - HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated, Friday in Fez, a new railway station worth 70 million dirhams (9 million dollars).

The sovereign visited the station's premises which were carried out in 28 months over a surface area of 20,000 m2.
    
The station includes a large passengers' hall, a 7500 m2-esplanade, a parking lot and several shops stretching over 900 m2.
    
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location: uae & Middle-east23rd Nov
Tcdd Bids For Operation Of Mecca-medina High-speed Rail
Turkey's state-owned railway company is set to submit a bid in a tender to operate a Mecca-Medina high-speed train, Turkish railway officials said on Thursday.

A Turkish State Railways (TCDD), Siemens and Saudi BinLadin Group consortium is one of the four consortia competing to sign a deal for the superstructure project of the railroad. The railroad's substructure is being constructed by a Chinese firm.
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location: uae & Middle-east23rd Nov
Railway Network To Be Completed In Three Phases
The Qatar Railways Development Company (QRDC) will work on the Qatar Railways Network in three phases. The first to come on board will be the monorail metro system largely covering the ever-expanding capital, followed by linking the network with other parts of the country such as freight-intense locations of Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, and finally the international traffic to Bahrain (via the causeway) as well as Saudi Arabia.
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location: uae & Middle-east21st Nov
German Rail Group To Ink $25bn Qatar Deal
German rail and logistics group Deutsche Bahn is set to sign a 17 billion euro ($25 billion) contract with Qatar, German transport minister Peter Ramsauer said on Friday.

The two parties plan to sign the agreement on Sunday, Ramsauer said at a meeting of transport ministers, adding the deal included building a connection to Doha airport.

Separately, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported in its online edition on...
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location: uae & Middle-east6th Nov
Tehran Metro Company Rejects Reports Of Fire
Following reports of a blaze in one of the Iranian capital's subway stations, a senior official with Tehran's metro company rejects the claim, saying that no disruption was caused in train services.

Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian media reported a fire at the Haft-e-Tir metro station in central Tehran at 13:41 pm.

Firefighters were immediately dispatched to the scene of the incident to douse the flames.
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location: uae & Middle-east29th Oct
Human Rights Train Arrives In Istanbul
ISTANBUL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A human rights train, which set off with a mission to raise awareness about human rights across Turkey, arrived here on Wednesday.
    
The train launched the special journey from Turkey's third populous city of Izmir by the Aegean Sea on September 9.
    
This year is the 20th anniversary of Turkey's signing of the UN Declaration of Child Rights,...
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location: uae & Middle-east29th Oct
Germany: Voith Cooling Systems For Trains In Saudi Arabia
From May 2010, German company Voith Turbo will deliver a comprehensive cooling system to the Spanish vehicle manufacturer CAF. CAF is producing eight push-pull units for Saudi Arabia to be configured as six-car diesel-electric trains.

The powercars feature two MTU diesel engines, each rated at 1 800 kW. Capable of going 200 kilometers per hour, the trains will drive through the Saudi Arabian desert. This means service under...
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location: uae & Middle-east26th Oct
Fatal Train Crash May Be Buffalo's Fault
A deadly collision between two passenger trains in Egypt was caused by a water buffalo which had wandered onto the track, officials said.

Eighteen people were killed and 39 others were wounded in the crash which happened south-west of the capital Cairo.

The accident began after the first train struck the animal and then stopped.

The service was then hit from the back by a second train which was...
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location: uae & Middle-east23rd Oct
The Case For Rail Transport
The minister of transport has recently estimated the cost of constructing a railway system that would cover a 1,100-kilometre distances at no less than $5 billion.

The figure may seem huge, but the economic, and other, benefits the country can reap from it in the long run easily offset it.

Rail transport is environment friendly, should be efficient and fast, and most countries in the world use it.

The...
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location: uae & Middle-east22nd Oct
Makka Monorail Work In Full Swing
MAKKAH: More than 5,000 Chinese laborers, engineers and technicians are working around the clock to complete the SR6.5 billion monorail project that will link Makkah with the holy sites.

The project will be ready for use to 35 percent of its capacity by next year’s Haj season (1431-2010) and fully operational in two years time. When it reaches full capacity, the 18.1 km long railway will transport about 72,000...
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location: uae & Middle-east21st Oct
Me 'to Spend Over $100bn On Rail Projects'
More than $100 billion will be spent in the coming years on massive rail projects that are coming up in the Middle East, according to a report.

These projects include the Dubai Metro system, Abu Dhabi's Surface Transport Master Plan, Saudi's Haramain high-speed rail link, the Saudi Landbridge, Bahrain's rail line and Egypt's rail upgrade programme, said a report by IQPC Middle East, the organisers of...
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location: uae & Middle-east21st Oct
The Gulf States To Spend More Than $100bn On Rail Projects
DUBAI, U.A.E., October 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past few years the world has looked on in amazement as the unprecedented amount of investment in rail projects continues to grow at astonishing rates in the Middle East.Owing to the boom in population and increased traffic on the roads, governments are recognizing the need for quality rail infrastructure as a means to stimulate and sustain the economy.It is approximated that the Gulf...
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